Danish photojournalist Mads Nissen has been named champion of the latest World Press Photo competition for his intimate image depicting a gay couple in Russia, a country that has gained particular note for its brutal discrimination of its lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) citizens.
Nissen, a photographer with the international Panos Pictures agency, shot the image of couple Jon and Alex in St Petersburg for the Danish daily newspaper, Berlingske.
Competition judge Pamela Chen says the panel was searching for an image that would have resonance beyond today, describing Nissen’s image as setting the professional standard for storytelling in daily life situations.
“This is a contemporary issue, it is daily life, it is news, it has spot news resonance, it has general news resonance, but it also brings up the issue in a very deep and challenging way. It is quite universal.”
The world’s largest and most prestigious international competition of its kind, the World Press Photo competition was established as a platform to inspire understanding of the world through uqality photojournalism, and this year saw 97,9121 images submitted from 5,692 participants worldwide.
D-Photo will bring you online galleries of the competition’s category winners in the days to come; in the meantime you can hear more from the World Press Photo Jury on why they chose Nissen’s image as this year’s winner in the video below, followed by a list of 2015 winners.
World Press Photo of the Year 2014
Mads Nissen, Denmark, Scanpix/Panos Pictures
Sports
1st prize singles
Bao Tailiang, China, Chengdu Economic Daily
2nd prize singles
Al Bello, USA, Getty Images
3rd prize singles
Mark Metcalfe, UK
1st prize stories
Kieran Doherty, Ireland
2nd prize stories
Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia, European Pressphoto Agency
Long-Term Projects
1st prize stories
Darcy Padilla, USA, Agence Vu
2nd prize stories
Kacper Kowalski, Poland, Panos Pictures
3rd prize stories
Lu Guang, China
Spot News
1st prize singles
Bulent Kilic, Turkey, Agence France-Presse
2nd prize singles
Tyler Hicks, USA, The New York Times
3rd prize singles
Bulent Kilic, Turkey, Agence France-Presse
1st prize stories
Jérôme Sessini, France, Magnum Photos for Time
2nd prize stories
Jérôme Sessini, France, Magnum Photos for De Standaard
3rd prize stories
Arash Khamooshi, Iran, ISNA
General News
1st prize singles
Sergei Ilnitsky, Russia, European Pressphoto Agency
2nd prize singles
Massimo Sestini, Italy
3rd prize singles
Gianfranco Tripodo, Italy, Contrasto
1st prize stories
Pete Muller, USA, for National Geographic / The Washington Post
2nd prize stories
Glenna Gordon, USA
3rd prize stories
Sergey Ponomarev, Russia, for The New York Times
Daily Life
1st prize singles
Cai Sheng Xiang, China, Fuzhou Ping Yi Environmental Art Design
2nd prize singles
Åsa Sjöström, Sweden, Sweden, Moment Agency / INSTITUTE for Socionomen / UNICEF
3rd prize singles
Malin Fezehai, Sweden, Eritrea/Sweden, for Time
1st prize stories
Michele Palazzi, Italy, Luz Photo
2nd prize stories
Sarker Protick, Bangladesh
3rd prize stories
Turi Calafato, Italy
Contemporary Issues
1st prize singles
Mads Nissen, Denmark, Panos Pictures
2nd prize singles
Ronghui Chen, China
3rd prize singles
Fulvio Bugani, Italy
1st prize stories
Giovanni Troilo, Italy
2nd prize stories
Giulio Di Sturco, Italy
3rd prize stories
Tomas van Houtryve, Belgium
Honorable Mention stories
Fatemeh Behboudi, Iran
Nature
1st prize singles
Yongzhi Chu, China
2nd prize singles
Ami Vitale, USA, National Geographic
3rd prize singles
Sandra Hoyn, Germany, for Geo
1st prize stories
Anand Varma, USA, for National Geographic Magazine
2nd prize stories
Christian Ziegler, Germany, National Geographic Magazine / Geo
3rd prize stories
Paolo Marchetti, Italy
Portraits
1st prize singles
Raphaela Rosella, Australia, Oculi
2nd prize singles
Liu Song, China
3rd prize singles
Lisa Krantz, USA, San Antonio Express-News
1st prize stories
Sofia Valiente, USA, Fabrica / The Clewiston News
2nd prize stories
Andy Rocchelli, Italy, Cesura
3rd prize stories
Paolo Verzone, Italy, Agence Vu
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